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Frances Ward

Frances was born in 1635. Frances' father was James Ward. She was an only child. She died at the age of 40 in 1675.

General Notes
- From "Virginia Kaleidoscope" by Margaret C. Woodbury & Ruth C. Marsh, 1994:
  
  "Charles City County (Virginia) was also the home of Robert Netherland I (Robert's wife's father entered to colony in 1635 and was a landowner before 1650)."
  
  "The extant record of 3 March 1655 shows that Robert Netherland I was married before that date to Frances Ward Barker, widow of William Barker and daughter of James Ward."
  
  "Another record of 1 March 1661/2 showed Frances Netherland, widowed, living in Flowerdieu (sic) Hundred and has a bond to protect her from any claim of inheritance from her children by her first husband, Sarah, John and Elizabeth Barker. Frances Ward Barker Netherland later married Lt. Col. Thomas Drew as her third husband around 1665."
  
  Frances apparently had custody of two of her grandchildren, from her daughter Elizabeth Limprey, deceased. "Later that year (1677) on her own death bed, she asked her son Robert Netherland II to care for them. This is the proof cited that Robert and Frances Ward Barker Netherland had at least one son, who, by information in that record was not married at that time, but perhaps planning to be soon."

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Ward
  
  Frances Ward
  - b. 1635 d. 1675

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